
4.6 NODAL ANALYSIS OF CIRCUITS CONTAINING
DEPENDENT VOLTAGE SOURCES
A dependent voltage source can appear in three positions in a circuit. It may appear from a
node to the reference node. Secondly, it may appear between two nodes where more than
two elements are incident. Thirdly, it may appear in series with some resistor. The following
example shows a circuit that has a dependent voltage source in series with a resistor.
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4.5 NODAL ANALYSIS OF CIRCUITS CONTAINING DEPENDENT CURRENT SOURCES
Substituting the numerical values, we get,
Solving for the voltage vector by Cramer’s rule, v
1
2 V, v
2
1 V and
v
3
v
1
V
2
3 V.
Step-5: Use these node voltage ...